Chhotu Singh @ Vikash Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82169 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-341 Year-2025 Thana- BHORE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Chhotu Singh @ Vikash Ranjan Son of Late Umesh Singh R/o Village - Bhore @ Bhore Dakshin Tola, P.S. - Bhore, Dist. - Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Priya Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 10-12-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Bhore Police Station Case No. 341 of 2025, disclosing offences under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022.
3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 12.07.2025 at about 22:10 P.M., the Police got secret information that two persons namely, Vinay Sharma and Chhotu (petitioner) had carried liquor from U.P. and were unloading it from a motorcycle. When police party proceeded towards the place of occurrence, they found that motorcycle was standing in a bush and the liquor was kept beside it and upon seeing the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82169 of 2025(2) dt.10-12-2025 2/3 police party, they fled away from the spot. On search, total 36 litres of country-made liquor was recovered from the spot.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case only on the basis of disclosure made by local choukidar. Petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle in question. No recovery has been made from the conscious physical possession or premises of the petitioner.
5. Regards being had to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is not the owner of vehicle and/or premises in question, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82169 of 2025(2) dt.10-12-2025 3/3 Sessions Judge XIII, cum Special Judge Excise Court No.1, Gopalganj, in connection with Bhore Police Station Case No. 341 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T